Wow! This is a powerful and thought-provoking article. It’s too bad the ones who need to see it the most probably never will.
two in my family I think about. One would be 44 and the other would be 36. I miss them.
The writer knew her contraception options, knew her abortion option, all from word of mouth I’d surmise.
Few hear their other options, financial assistance and support, hear about the long term ramifications. That’s the tragedy. The media is complicit, as are the friends and family.
But this author has done something - attempted to break the media silence. She may have saved a life - if not today, in some time as someone else in pregnancy situation or even pre-pregancy situation will recall her story.
And that’s what hundreds if not thousands do each week, often Saturday’s, outside abortion mills - lovingly inform women that there are other options. Men too. But we have a verbal run-in with her husband at times too. They are almost as abusive with us too - so they shine out pretty well, but we keep on talking. Free country you know.
Guilt is something one assumes.
My friend from church knew Steve Jobs when he first started Apple. His roommate was Steve’s ex-girlfriend, who had an illegitimate daughter from her relationship with Jobs. The computer project ‘Lisa’ was named after Steve Jobs’s illegitimate daughter.